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T1 Adoption of new silvicultural methods in Mediterranean forests: the influence of educational background and sociodemographic factors on marker decisions
A1 Bravo Oviedo, Andrés
A1 Marchi, Maurizio
A1 Travaglini, Davide
A1 Pelleri, Francesco
A1 Manetti, Maria Chiara
A1 Corona, Piermaria
A1 Cruz Souza, Fatima Regina
A1 Bravo Oviedo, Felipe
A1 Nocentini, Susanna
K1 Applied forest ecology
K1 Alternative forestry
K1 Stand structure
K1 Thinning
K1 Marteloscope
AB - Key message The adoption of new silvicultural methods and approaches requires an understanding of the differencesbetween those and “old” or “conventional” approaches, along with extensive training to break previous knowledge bias.- Context Forestry is in transition towards ecosystem-based management, and new silvicultural approaches are appearingworldwide. However, the adoption of an alternative silvicultural approach is difficult in practice.- Aims We analyzed the effect of forestry background and demographic variables (gender and age) of 24 raters on the application of thesystemic approach (SA) and the conventional approach (CA) in the Northern Apennines (Italy) and compared this with tree markingperformed by experts.- Methods Data were analyzed as raters’ departures from experts’ selections at the stand and the individual tree level. Theprobability of tree selection was also calculated.- Results At the stand level, raters with forestry background performed the SA as if they were marking for crown thinning,whereas the CA was less intense than experts’ crown thinning. Non-foresters differentiated poorly between the SA and the CA. Atthe individual tree level, background and gender affected tree selection.- Conclusion The adoption of the SA as a silvicultural system may be conditioned by previous knowledge. The differencebetween SA and CA remains unclear when it comes to non-foresters. Gender was a more important variable than age in selectingwhich trees would be harvested.
PB Springer
SN 1286-4560
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/42835
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/42835
LA eng
NO Annals of Forest Science, Mayo 2020, vol. 77, n. 48
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 07-ago-2024